Biographical Data :

Name :

Usman

Period :

- 1327

Biographical detail :

The first Sultan of the Turks.

His grandfather was a native of Balkh, which he had to leave after the invasion of Changiz Khan in 1414. Usman took Brusa from the Greek emperor and laid the foundation of the empire called after him Ottoman or Usmania. His reign started in the year 1289 and lasted for thirty-eight years.